The Suspense is Killing Us

Get ready to experience roughy 30-35% pure adrenaline with three totally awesome extreme thrillers that totally rip off Point Break! But are you crazy enough?

TERMINAL VELOCITY (1994, Deran Sarafian)

DROP ZONE (1994, John Badham)

EXTREME OPS (2002, Christian Duguay)

It's Burt part 2! Yes, Burt Reynolds is back and he's bringing his signature laconic charm, his signature catchphrase ("Yeah") and even his signature directorial style? Well, for one of them, yeah!

SHARKY'S MACHINE (1981, Burt Reynolds)

MALONE (1987, Harley Cokeliss)

THE MADDENING (1995, Danny Huston)

We talk about the dizzying highs and devastating lows of our man Kurt Russell and pretty much run out of his movies in the process. We've done them all! Why else would we have 3000 Miles on here?

TEQUILA SUNRISE (1988, Robert Towne)

BACKDRAFT (1990, Ron Howard)

3000 MILES TO GRACELAND (2001, Demian Lichtenstein)

Sidney Lumet is one of the all time greats. He made masterpieces in every decade, going back to the early 1800s. But he also just made regular movies sometimes. We take a look at the ageing master in the final several decades of his career.

THE MORNING AFTER (1986)

Q & A (1990)

NIGHT FALLS ON MANHATTAN (1996)

We're turning up the cringe factor with three movies about fishes out of water, strangers in strange lands, dumb cops forced to spend time with people different from them. What could go wrong?

A STRANGER AMONG US (1992, Sidney Lumet)

RISING SUN (1993, Philip Kaufman)

THE KINGDOM (2007, Peter Berg)

We're dipping back in to the Willis well, with a little bit of a twist! This time it's three movies where Bruce gets to play the bad guy. Sorry not sorry, pal!

MORTAL THOUGHTS (1991, Alan Rudolph)

THE JACKAL (1997, Michael Caton-Jones)

THE SIEGE (1998, Edward Zwick)

Hello, kiddies! It's time for our annual Spooky Season tradition of talking about movies that are thrilling in a slightly different way from our usual fare! In this case, in addition to the usual murders, now we got GHOSTS, baby! And some creepy kids.

STIR OF ECHOES (1999, David Koepp)

THE SIXTH SENSE (1999, M Night Shyamalan)

THE RING (2002, Gore Verbinski)

Scott Frank is a talented, Oscar-nominated director and screenwriter with a distinctive career and many worthwhile credits. But mainly we just wanted to do Out of Sight.

A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES (2014, Scott Frank)

THE LOOKOUT (2007, Scott Frank)

OUT OF SIGHT (1998, Steven Soderbergh)

We pay homage to the New Hollywood master of grit and grime, the great William Friedkin. A guy who loved movies, hurting his actors and just asking questions.

CRUISING (1980)

TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A. (1985)

RAMPAGE (1987)

Mike check one two three! That's right, we're talking about The Fallens, featuring the manliest, violentest, thirstiest hero ever to save the world three times: MIKE BANNING! As Mike himself would say: FUCK!

OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN (2013, Antoine Fuqua)

LONDON HAS FALLEN (2016, Babak Najafi)

ANGEL HAS FALLEN (2019, Ric Roman Waugh)